2012's most-read stories on getreading

The route of the Olympic Torch through Reading was the most-read story on getreading.co.ukthis year.

And it was no surprise that the Reading Festival line-up announcement was second on the list.

But we couldn't have predicted Reading's taste for zombies. Our story about the zombie experience at the derelict Friar's Walk shopping centre took third place and the video made by Mike Pyle and producer Joe Pickover to go with the report has become a minor YouTube sensation gathering 279,500 views.

And the tragic death of 17-year-old Jordan Malutshi in the Face Bar featured three times in the list. Jerome Small, 31, from Arbour Close in Coley has been charged with his murder and faces trial in the new year.